history and criticism

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
x
Alias: 
history and criticism

Zayn

2016
A collection of thoughts, inspiration, and personal photographs from English musician Zayn that document his life and career since leaving the band One Direction in 2015.

Masterplots

2010
Analyzes the most important works in all genres?long fiction, short fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction?throughout history and around the world, helping to define and critique the literary canon.

Musicals

the definitive illustrated story
Presents an illustrated history of some of the highest rated musicals, showcasing twenty of the top musicals--like "Les Mis?rables" and "Cats"--the work of stars like Fred Astaire, Ethel Merman, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, and important milestones in stage design, costume design, and the advent of rock operas and alternative musical theater.

Everyone's guide to children's literature

1997
Provides library staff, teachers, parents, and students of children's literature with information on literature for youth including the history and impact of the literature, reference resources, organizations devoted to the literature, and a list of Internet websites and listservs.

You could look it up

the reference shelf, from ancient Babylon to Wikipedia
2016
Chronicles the stories behind various reference materials and their contents, and the way they have influenced each other.

The art of the English murder

2014
Discusses the known sciences that can explain real and fictional murders in English history.

The illusion of life

Disney animation
1995
Pictorial book in which two of Disney's pioneering animators tell the story of the development of the studio's animation technology, with anecdotes about how some of the characters got their personalities and what it was like to work for Disney.

Native American women writers

1998
Provides brief biographical information on eleven Native American women writers and discusses their work through critical excerpts. Includes a bibliography of works written by each featured author.

Heavens unearthed in nursery rhymes and fairy tales

1999
Argues that nursery rhymes and fairy tales are based on ancient myths about the sun, the moon, solar and lunar eclipses, and the summer and winter solstices.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - history and criticism